8:10 AM ET Now that unified junior welterweight titleholders Josh Taylor (WBA and IBF) and Jose Ramirez (WBC and WBO) have gone through their respective mandatory challengers, it’s time for them to meet for the undisputed championship at 140 pounds. Whoever wins that fight will hold all four major titles in a division full of
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7:52 AM ET Carlton Lance remembers only two of his son’s passes that could have been intercepted during North Dakota State‘s 16-0 season in 2019. There was an out route in a 27-16 victory against UC Davis when a cornerback cut under the Bison receiver and nearly picked off the pass. And there was a
8:00 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders Hudson Swafford won last week’s event in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, and the tour next heads to Jackson, Mississippi, for the Sanderson Farms Championship, where Sebastian Munoz is the defending champion. Who is underrated, and whom should you fade? What bets and props are worth a look? Sports betting
7:30 AM ET After much springtime bloviating, there will be no asterisk on this NBA championship. If anything, it will be more badge of honor — a mark of perseverance through isolation, mental strain, and the internal discord of performing a job in the entertainment industry while issues of social and racial justice roiled outside
7:00 AM ET When Tyler Motte arrived in Vancouver last year for Canucks training camp, he underwent a physical with team doctors. They took Motte’s vitals, conducted measurements, made sure all of his limbs worked correctly. Everything looked fine. Then the doctor asked: “Is there anything else you have going on, anything else we should
8:00 AM ET The 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs took 65 days, 24 teams, five playoff rounds, two “bubbles” and, most important, 33,394 COVID-19 tests that returned zero positive results, according to the NHL — and that’s not even mentioning the 20,000 or so iced cappuccinos handed out by Tim Hortons. However you want to calculate
6:23 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Three-time French Open champion Serena Williams withdrew from the tournament Wednesday because of a lingering left Achilles injury. She made the announcement shortly before her second-round match against Tsvetana Pironkova. “I really wanted to give an effort here. It’s my Achilles that didn’t have enough time to properly heal after
Geraint Thomas will be supported by two British riders as he bids to win a second Grand Tour at the Giro d’Italia. Tao Geoghegan Hart and Ben Swift will be part of the eight-man squad, which also includes new world time trial champion Filippo Ganna. Another favourite for the three-week race is Britain’s Simon Yates
12:27 AM BST South Africa has voted to pull its four major franchises from Super Rugby and explore expanding their presence in the European PRO14 competition in a major shift for the game in the country. In a widely expected move, a Special General Meeting of the South African Rugby Union (SA Rugby) decided in
8:27 PM ET Steve KimESPN Ewa Brodnicka will defend her WBO female junior lightweight title against Mikaela Mayer on Oct. 31 at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. Mayer (13-0, 5 KOs) has been outspoken in her wish for this title shot, and she made her case with a clear victory over Helen
6:21 PM ET MLB InsidersESPN The 2020 MLB playoffs began Tuesday with four American League Wild Card Series. The Chicago White Sox beat the Oakland A’s as Lucas Giolito flirted with perfection. The Houston Astros, who finished the 2020 season with a losing record, topped the Minnesota Twins to extend Minnesota’s record playoff losing streak
12:02 AM ET ESPN News Services SPARTA, Ky. — Kentucky Speedway has lost its spot on NASCAR’s 2021 schedule, the racetrack said Tuesday night ahead of the sanctioning body’s announcement of venues and dates for next season. In addition, the mayor of Joliet, Illinois, told The Athletic that Chicagoland Speedway is also off NASCAR’s 2021
4:01 AM GMT The PCB will be worse off by nearly PKR 90 million as a result of the withdrawal of state broadcaster PTV (Pakistan Television) from bidding for the rights of a production deal for the series against Zimbabwe and domestic cricket. A consortium led by UAE-based Tower Sports and Indian production company SportzWorkz
6:09 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Like a parent being asked to rank their favorite children, Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James wanted no part in assigning special value to a 2020 NBA championship, should he win it against his former team, the Miami Heat. “It’s no extra meaning to winning a championship,
6:55 AM ET NFL NationESPN The NFL Power Rankings are about identifying where each team stands on a week-to-week basis. But in doing that, there is often a conflict between where an NFL team is now and preconceived notions we had about it in the past. That’s what we’re exploring this week, as each NFL
1:21 PM ET CHICAGO — Cubs right-hander Kyle Hendricks will start Game 1 of their NL Wild Card Series against the Miami Marlins on Wednesday, manager David Ross announced. The decision was between Hendricks and Cy Young contender Yu Darvish. Darvish will take the ball in Game 2. “I [feel] like I have two aces,”
8:00 AM ET Welcome to our third Heisman Watch of the 2020 college football season. Two SEC QBs make their debuts this week. Throughout the season, ESPN.com writers will vote on their top Heisman candidates. We are not including players whose fall seasons were postponed or who opted out. To get the final rankings, we
6:08 PM ET The hasty exit spoke volumes. Jose Mourinho had no desire to spend a second longer than necessary on the touchline alongside his former player and now Chelsea manager Frank Lampard. The 57-year-old — and it serves us well to be reminded of his age sometimes given the antics that are his trademark